The Nowhere Men (Paul Vanderborn and Tom McKinnon)
Nowhere Fast
September 30–October 23, 1988

The multi-layered sculpture/performance projects of the Nowhere Men deal with systems of art making, representation and context. Coming to performance art/actions initially as a means of informing their respective sculptural activities, the “men”– aka London artists Paul Vanderborn and Tom McKinnon – attempt to actively involve the spectator in their “performed drawings” through clever use of framing and cueing devices. “We collect bundles of images, sounds, actions and words… we attempt to give form and identity to the flux of a perceived mental situation, in a questioning of temporality, personal identity and space….nowhere fast…..”